(Jont. froiT; paca 6) 

 for the fanner and rancher; they ai'e good pro- 

 liction both summer and winter for the cattle, 

 horses and sheep on the ranges. They help the 

 crops by protection from the wind and holds the 

 snow in place for moisture. 



The city dweller is helped by the shade they give 

 in the summer, the wdnds they deter in the winter 

 and therefore the savings on the fuel bill as well 

 as the beauty they bestow. 



Get your orders in early to Don Baldwin, Assistant 

 State Forester, State Nursery, Missoula, Montana. 



PUT YOUR REVISED WORK PLAN TO WORK 



Most districts have revised their long-range 

 Work Program within the last two years. Its 

 greatest value is to directors who prepared it. 

 But preparing is only one part, now let's use 

 this plan. 



We should tell cooperators and the general public 

 about the district's future through reports at 

 annual meetings, newspaper articles, radio pro- 

 grams,in our annual reports. It is important to 

 stress the future district goals, as well as tell about 

 past accomplishments and present programs. 



After-dinner speakers often tell us, "The Future 

 of agriculture and the SCD's never looked brighter." 

 These are shallow words to an uninformed public. 

 Your revised Program and Policies can and 

 should tell even the most skeptical critic why the 

 district will be a leader in resource use and 

 management in 1965, 1?75, and even 1980. 

 (From Michigan News and Views about Soil and 

 Water Conservation Districts.) 



Some men defy old age — they 

 still believe that they're as good as 

 they never were. 



RAD MEETING 



The State Rural Area Development Executive 

 Committee met November 24. Very interesting 

 reports were given by the Range, Forestry, 

 Manpower, and Fertility Subcommittees, and 

 the Governor's Committee on Recreation. 



The State Planning Board Director, Sam Chapman, 

 reported on "A Comprehensive Program for the 

 State of Montana". In this connection, a series 

 of guides developed by the Executive Committee 

 for "Total Resource Deveolopment in Montana" 

 were reviewed and approved for printing and distribu- 

 tion by Extension Service. It is hoped that these 

 guides will provide County Planning Groups 

 necessary information for overall economic de- 

 velopment planning in the areas of 1) organization, 

 2) fact finding, and 3) developing a plan. 



ANNUAL WORK PLAN 



It is that time of year again when annual work 

 plans should be formulated and annual reports 

 submitted. It is necessary to put these plans 

 down on paper so that everyone knows what is to 

 be done, how it is to be done, where it is to be 

 done, who is to do it, and why it is to be done. 

 In other words , state your problems and what you 

 are going to do about them. 



District secretaries recently received a sample 

 copy of a new guide book from Nolen Fuqua, 

 Executive Director of the Soil and Water Con- 

 servation Districts Foundation. The Guide Book 

 is designed to help supervisors do their work easier, 

 better, and more efficiently. It is loaded with 

 reminders, suggestions, and helpful information. 

 It provides a convenient summary for District 

 plans and helps make District Management more 

 effective . 



District Boards are urged to use the Guide, Book 

 throughout the year for District Meetings, 

 Program Planning and other activities. 



MONTANA NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL 

 ASSOC LATION 



The sixth aimual meeting of the Montana Noxious 

 Weed Control Association took place at Montana 

 State College, November 19 and 20. Research 

 reports show several promising chemicals being 

 tested. Great concern was given to the spread of 

 Leafy Spurge from headwaters areas on down and 

 spreading out from our rivers and streams. Soil 

 and Water Conservation Districts and Weed Boards 

 must try to do a better job of waking up growers 

 as to what is happening. 



Legislation will be sought to provide inspection 

 stations at all main points entering the state and 

 inspectors appointed to make inspections of 

 grain and hay. A charge for inspection is pro- 

 posed sufficient to cover the cost of operating 

 these inspection stations. It is anticipated this 

 could be handled in much the same manner as 

 brand inspectors inspect movement of cattle. 



